[Docker] Trouble finding where config and logs are stored

[enormouspoon]

• Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon, Kernel 6.8.0-71

• Docker Compose deployed with Komodo

• Issue: config and log files not stored where expected

• Troubleshooting: tried localized and absolute paths, same results

My docker compose file:

version: "3.7"
services:
  qbit_manage:
    container_name: qbit_manage
    image: ghcr.io/stuffanthings/qbit_manage:latest
    volumes:
      #- /etc/komodo/stacks/qbit_manage/qbit_manage/config:/config:rw
      - ./qbit_manage/config:/config:rw
      - /mnt/seed:/data/torrents:rw
      - /etc/komodo/stacks/qbittorrent-gluetun/config/qBittorrent:/qbittorrent/:ro
    ports:
      - ... 

I spin up the stack, create a new config yml and see in the logs it was successfully written to disk:

qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.733994452Z |====================================================================================================|
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.734137671Z |                           _     _ _                                                                |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.734203353Z |                          | |   (_) |                                                               |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.734283736Z |                      __ _| |__  _| |_   _ __ ___   __ _ _ __   __ _  __ _  ___                     |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.734310826Z |                     / _` | '_ \| | __| | '_ ` _ \ / _` | '_ \ / _` |/ _` |/ _ \                    |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.734360982Z |                    | (_| | |_) | | |_  | | | | | | (_| | | | | (_| | (_| |  __/                    |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.734430094Z |                     \__, |_.__/|_|\__| |_| |_| |_|\__,_|_| |_|\__,_|\__, |\___|                    |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.734472086Z |                        | |         ______                            __/ |                         |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.734512512Z |                        |_|        |______|                          |___/                          |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.734832543Z |     Version: 4.5.3 (Python 3.13.6)                                                                 |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.775897095Z |     Platform: Linux-6.8.0-71-generic-x86_64-with                                                   |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.776053638Z | Schedule loaded from environment: interval=1440 minutes                                            |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.830077712Z |====================================================================================================|
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.830167723Z |                                        Starting Web Server                                         |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.830214018Z |====================================================================================================|
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.830286756Z | Web API server running on http://0.0.0.0:8181                                                      |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.830338212Z | Access the WebUI at http://localhost:8181                                                          |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.832038832Z | Web server started in separate process                                                             |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.833080550Z |    Scheduled Mode: Running every 1 day (from environment).                                         |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:56.833170362Z |      Current Time: 08:19 PM | 1 day until the next run at 2025-08-15 08:19 PM                      |
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:57.046953948Z INFO:     Started server process [29]
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:57.046966840Z INFO:     Waiting for application startup.
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:57.047975566Z INFO:     Application startup complete.
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:19:57.048193234Z INFO:     Uvicorn running on http://0.0.0.0:8181 (Press CTRL+C to quit)
qbit_manage  | 2025-08-14T20:20:25.968503521Z | Successfully wrote config to: /app/config/config_2.yml                                             |

I see the config folder was created, but it's empty?

➜  / ls -aghnoxl /etc/komodo/stacks/qbit_manage/qbit_manage/      
total 12K
drwxr-xr-x 3 4.0K Aug 14 15:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 4.0K Aug 14 12:33 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 4.0K Aug 14 15:04 config
➜  / ls -aghnoxl /etc/komodo/stacks/qbit_manage/qbit_manage/config 
total 8.0K
drwxr-xr-x 2 4.0K Aug 14 15:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 4.0K Aug 14 15:52 ..

I do see the config yml being created in some non-persistent folder:

➜  / sudo find . -name "config_2.yml"
./var/lib/docker/overlay2/b1ea58231b8c1c0413f141e780e24b23ed207046e8996739311164d5d587908d/diff/app/config/config_2.yml
./var/lib/docker/overlay2/b1ea58231b8c1c0413f141e780e24b23ed207046e8996739311164d5d587908d/merged/app/config/config_2.yml

I guess what I can't figure out is why the config yml and log files aren't being written to disk in the expected location? I thought maybe using the localized . syntax was the issue, but I get the same results using the absolute path. I thought maybe it's komodo but I have 25 other docker stacks deployed with similar local/absolute volume structures and no problems. Only qbit_manage.

Am I missing something obvious?

[bakerboy448]

The logs clearly indicate it is using g /app/config and there is no mount for that.

perhaps RTFM and understand the variables needed and mounts.
https://github.com/StuffAnThings/qbit_manage/wiki/Docker-Installation

[enormouspoon]

I apologize if I offended you?

I followed the docker installation instructions. The docker compose listed there has /config as the internal mount point. I didn't see anything saying the default needed to be changed to /app/config. Could you point me to where that's documented? It would help people in the future avoid the same mistake.

[edit] changing /config to /app/config fixed the issue for me on the latest qbt_manage docker image.

[bakerboy448]

The app is looking exactly where you told it too....which would default to /app/config (WORKDIR /app)

you failed to configure QBT_CONFIG to use your mount

[enormouspoon]

My bad. I only showed a portion of my docker compose file. Tried to signify that with the - ... after ports. I should have called that out. I do have QBT_CONFIG configured.

version: "3.7"
services:
  qbit_manage:
    container_name: qbit_manage
    image: ghcr.io/stuffanthings/qbit_manage:latest
    volumes:
      - ./qbit_manage:/app/config:rw
      - /mnt/seed/:/data/torrents:rw
      - /etc/komodo/stacks/qbittorrent-gluetun/config/qBittorrent:/qbittorrent/:ro
    ports:
      - "8181:8181"  # Web API port (whversion: "3.7"
    environment:
      # Web API Configuration
      - QBT_WEB_SERVER=true     # Set to true to enable web API and web UI
      - QBT_PORT=8181           # Web API port (default: 8080)

      # Scheduler Configuration
      - QBT_RUN=false
      - QBT_SCHEDULE=1440
      - QBT_CONFIG=/config/config.yml
      - QBT_LOGFILE=activity.log

      # Command Flags
      - QBT_RECHECK=false
      - QBT_CAT_UPDATE=false
      - QBT_TAG_UPDATE=false
      - QBT_REM_UNREGISTERED=false
      - QBT_REM_ORPHANED=false
      - QBT_TAG_TRACKER_ERROR=false
      - QBT_TAG_NOHARDLINKS=false
      - QBT_SHARE_LIMITS=false
      - QBT_SKIP_CLEANUP=false
      - QBT_DRY_RUN=false
      - QBT_STARTUP_DELAY=0
      - QBT_SKIP_QB_VERSION_CHECK=false
      - QBT_DEBUG=false
      - QBT_TRACE=false

      # Logging Configuration
      - QBT_LOG_LEVEL=INFO
      - QBT_LOG_SIZE=10
      - QBT_LOG_COUNT=5
      - QBT_DIVIDER==
      - QBT_WIDTH=100
    restart: on-failure:2

What tripped me up was the default compose file on the instructions page is this:

volumes:
      - /mnt/user/appdata/qbit_manage/:/config:rw
      - /mnt/user/data/torrents/:/data/torrents:rw
      - /mnt/user/appdata/qbittorrent/:/qbittorrent/:ro

No mention of /app/config only /config. That's all I was trying to point out.